Page 11: Historical Events In 1968

Jun 04   Dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Jun 05   On this day in history senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, who was immediately arrested. Kennedy had just claimed victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. 68   

Jun 05   On this day in history sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies the next day   

Jun 05   US Senator Robert Kennedy shot and killed in Los Angeles on this day in history.   

Jun 06   On this day in history franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies   

Jun 06   Senator Robert F. Kennedy succumbs to being shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan the day before in Los Angeles in the year 1968.   

Jun 07   Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at at 60 in the year 1968.   

Jun 07   Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination in the year 1968.   

Jun 08   Gary Puckett &The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power" in the year 1968.   

Jun 08   James Earl Ray, suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., is captured at the London Airport on this day in history.   

Jun 08   New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted in the year 1968.   

Jun 08   Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash" on this day in history.   

Jun 10   In the year 1968 yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer, dies at 65   

Jun 12   Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Jun 14   In the year 1968 karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51   

Jun 15   John Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral in the year 1968.   

Jun 15   On this day in history samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88   

Jun 18   Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale &rental of housing in the year 1968.   

Jun 19   On this day in history 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign   

Jun 20   Jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds in the year 1968.   

Jun 21   Ruth St Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Jun 21   Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns in the year 1968.   

Jun 24   On this day in history canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner   

Jun 24   Deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion in the year 1968.   

Jun 24   On this day in history joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title   

Jun 24   Resurrection City closed on this day in history.   

Jun 25   On this day in history tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43   

Jun 26   Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US on this day in history.   

Jun 27   On this day in history ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague   

Jun 27   In the year 1968 norman Norton, cricketer (dismissed Hobbs in only Test for S Af), dies   

Jun 28   On this day in history daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers   

Jun 29   Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66 in the year 1968.   

Jun 30   On this day in history gaullists win victory in the French National Assembly elections   

Jun 30   On this day in history john Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73   

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Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)   

Jan 02   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)   

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

Jan 02   On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79   

Jan 06   Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)